In the video above, Cole discusses why he still likes to write instead of type and his dual personality. Highlights below:

On Writing Versus TypingI read a book called The Artist’s Way and it’s for any blocked
artist. A year into making the album, I had all this incredible material. It
was flowing but it stopped. Going to the studio was too much pressure. One
thing the book talked about was, “Three pages a day.” The first thing you do is
write three pages freehand nonstop. That’s how I got back to writing. I got
notebooks and notebooks full of lyrics.

On What Makes Born Sinner DifferentThis is the first time I’ve felt like I was working on an
album. The first one felt like I was piecing together things. With this album,
I started with nothing. I had songs, but I wasn’t relying on them. It was like,
“Let’s start with nothing.” I literally started from scratch and the next thing
you know, I’ve got nine songs. It was just a more organic feeling.

On Good Versus EvilIt goes back before I as even conscious of it to just being
half-black, half-white. My mother was the only white lady in an all-black
church. Being in all the honors and AP classes while all my friends were [somewhere
else], I’ve always existed in two worlds and it’s been there since the
beginning. I walk this line.

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